One person saw it? Darn, I was kind of expecting a handful of new pictures from the people that saw it, but it's not like he had a booth with it on display, so I imagine the car was probably just parked someplace.

Hey Gavin, would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thought you would have chimed in by now.

Didn't see that question yet, In regards to the Magnesium block in the N52 under boost -

when BMW went for boost in the e9x cars, they went twin turbo. Now that setup is not correct for the N52, which is an aluminum sleeve with a magnesium surround. The twin turbo N54 makes a ton of TQ power from almost a stand still, which would cause stress on the transmission and crank from the low RPM's.

But the way the N52 supercharger works is by spinning with the engines RPM's and power builds as RPM builds. This means that when driving from a stop - your mostly using the engines power and not stressing out any components in the bottom end. Once the engine starts spinning the power is not an issue to control, because once in motion - an object has less resistance, making the N52 able to take a supercharger without problems.

so it breaks down like this:

500-2000RPM - OEM. On Motor Only (negligible boost levels) So once you get rolling, the resistance is cut and the engine wont stress as boost builds.

2500-4500RPM - Mid level boost, this is where power stars to really come in - and the car is already rolling quickly so the mechanics in the transmission and block are not under stress as it's not a sudden demand for power from the bottom end.

4500-7kRPM - builds to full boost, with max HP - which again does not stress the same as the lower end TQ.

the N54 is a TQ monster. The N52 will be a HP car, not a TQ car.

So, BMW deemed the N52 unsuitable for "Boost" with the mindset of doing a highly stressful twin turbo setup. A centrifugal supercharger is not something BMW would have done because it doesn't give the fuel ratings that a turbo car can for the EPA.

We are just finishing up some programming for the Meth injection system, which will be a couple days to finish the software on that part. Car is running great and I'll have it back on the dyno when the software tweaks get wrapped up in the next couple days.

I'll be doing more for you guys coming up in a few days, we will have to see about road conditions and such for speeds like that, but on my future road test in a couple weeks I will be able to push it in the open desert roads.

I also want to do some 1/4 mile runs at the track soon too

Still doing some final tweaking before I can do some solid dyno runs with the peak power, but were within days on that front.

Didn't see that question yet, In regards to the Magnesium block in the N52 under boost -

when BMW went for boost in the e9x cars, they went twin turbo. Now that setup is not correct for the N52, which is an aluminum sleeve with a magnesium surround. The twin turbo N54 makes a ton of TQ power from almost a stand still, which would cause stress on the transmission and crank from the low RPM's.

But the way the N52 supercharger works is by spinning with the engines RPM's and power builds as RPM builds. This means that when driving from a stop - your mostly using the engines power and not stressing out any components in the bottom end. Once the engine starts spinning the power is not an issue to control, because once in motion - an object has less resistance, making the N52 able to take a supercharger without problems.

so it breaks down like this:

500-2000RPM - OEM. On Motor Only (negligible boost levels) So once you get rolling, the resistance is cut and the engine wont stress as boost builds.

2500-4500RPM - Mid level boost, this is where power stars to really come in - and the car is already rolling quickly so the mechanics in the transmission and block are not under stress as it's not a sudden demand for power from the bottom end.

4500-7kRPM - builds to full boost, with max HP - which again does not stress the same as the lower end TQ.

the N54 is a TQ monster. The N52 will be a HP car, not a TQ car.

So, BMW deemed the N52 unsuitable for "Boost" with the mindset of doing a highly stressful twin turbo setup. A centrifugal supercharger is not something BMW would have done because it doesn't give the fuel ratings that a turbo car can for the EPA.

I still wouldn't turbo an N52, but they love a supercharger on them

I have a Vortech centri on my Corvette. It makes a quite healthy amount of TQ. So will the Vortech on the I6, much more than BMW envisioned on the magnesium block and cast internals. Granted, higher up in the power band than a turbo but much higher than stock. I question whether the block and internals will withstand with greatly increased pressure, even a higher rpm's. I dont think so. I predict many grenaded N52's. I look forward to seeing what happens once your system hits the streets.

I have a Vortech centri on my Corvette. It makes a quite healthy amount of TQ. So will the Vortech on the I6, much more than BMW envisioned on the magnesium block and cast internals. Granted, higher up in the power band than a turbo but much higher than stock. I question whether the block and internals will withstand with greatly increased pressure, even a higher rpm's. I dont think so. I predict many grenaded N52's. I look forward to seeing what happens once your system hits the streets.

The differences between a Chevy V8 and an N52 are huge in terms of forced induction, I highly doubt your running a V3 on that car and your probably running much higher levels of boost, as well as those V8's make a lot more TQ in general - it's a totally different animal.

through tuning and mechanical changes you can dictate how the car behaves and where it brings it's power in, and as I've said many times already - It's not even on the market yet and much more testing will be done, because grenading my own or anyone else's car is not what I am about.

The differences between a Chevy V8 and an N52 are huge in terms of forced induction, I highly doubt your running a V3 on that car and your probably running much higher levels of boost, as well as those V8's make a lot more TQ in general - it's a totally different animal.

through tuning and mechanical changes you can dictate how the car behaves and where it brings it's power in, and as I've said many times already - It's not even on the market yet and much more testing will be done, because grenading my own or anyone else's car is not what I am about.

Its a V2 I use. I prefer many qts of cooled, filtered oil as opposed to a couple ozs of oil to cool/lubricate a turbine spinning that fast. But that another debate.

Yes you're right, thats one of the reasons I posted. the LS series and N52 engines are hugley different, the Chevy doesnt use Mg/Al blocks and have been tested many times before making much more hp/tq than stock blocks/rotating assemblys. Havent heard to many N52 boosted applications. Im just curious and a little skeptical.
Seems BMW themselves thought that the N52 needs to be built up to withstand 300/300. Tuning not withstanding, What mechanical changes are you talking about?

The thread gets updated when Gavin has an update or someone has a question. No updates, no direct questions, then it should just go to the back. I'm sure Gavin has it bookmarked.

If anything, I prefer it to go to the back until an update or legitimate question comes up, because most of the time it's just people hating/trolling on MMW and/or Gavin. The legitimate questions are usually excellent, like the prior one about the Corvette engines. Unfortunately most of these threads turn into trash talk.

The thread gets updated when Gavin has an update or someone has a question. No updates, no direct questions, then it should just go to the back. I'm sure Gavin has it bookmarked.

If anything, I prefer it to go to the back until an update or legitimate question comes up, because most of the time it's just people hating/trolling on MMW and/or Gavin. The legitimate questions are usually excellent, like the prior one about the Corvette engines. Unfortunately most of these threads turn into trash talk.